RATHKE, Heinrich (1793-1860). Abhandlungen zur Bildungs- und Entwickelungs-Geschichte des Menschen und der Thiere, Leipzig: Vogel, 1832-33, 2 volumes, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 13 hand-coloured engraved plates after Rathke, contemporary cloth-backed boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: JCL (2)

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RATHKE, Heinrich (1793-1860). Abhandlungen zur Bildungs- und Entwickelungs-Geschichte des Menschen und der Thiere, Leipzig: Vogel, 1832-33, 2 volumes, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 13 hand-coloured engraved plates after Rathke, contemporary cloth-backed boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: JCL (2)

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[Garrison & Morton 480: "Rathke's most notable discovery was of structures homologous with gill slits in bird and mammalian embryos. He discredited the vertebral theory of the skull"]

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